ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

These new skills are reflected in the new Project Management Institute (PMI) guidelines for certification and professional development units (PDUs) needed to maintain certification, a new triad of skills they’re calling the “Talent Triangle.” So, you’re asked to wear more hats, but you’ve only one head. What do you do?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

Your thoughts turn to what you should be doing for your professional development in the months ahead… and there’s a lot of choice. I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the project management competencies I need to succeed. Self-awareness We all have limits.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 20, 2019

If you have a project communication plan , like our free template, then you have a way to get information out to those who need it, in a way that is understandable and actionable. The Importance of a Communication Plan. Planning is a way to communicate your path through time to complete a series of tasks. That’s right, process.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2024

Having a control plan helps production achieve these goals. To do this, manufacturers must understand what a control plan is, the different types of control plans and the steps to make a control plan for manufacturing. What Is a Control Plan? Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Let’s explain each below.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Below are some of the best project management software for real estate development to give users greater efficiency and communication and improve decision-making. These can include contracts, property deeds, architectural plans, permits and vendor agreements. What Is Real Estate Project Management Software?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2022

The software development life cycle (SDLC) is how it’s done in software development. What Is the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)? The software development life cycle (SDLC) is a process by which software is developed and deployed. Planning & Designing. SDLC Phases. Deployment. Waterfall Model.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 4, 2021

Managing teams, no matter their size, is an incredibly complex task. It involves knowing each team member’s skills and workloads and creating a plan to make individuals act as cogs in a larger mechanism. This kind of precision demands the best team management software. 2021 Best Team Management Software Rankings.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 26, 2017

Teams don’t just come together and click into well-oiled productivity machines, at least not always. There’s often a period of time when the team members have to get to know one another and develop a rapport. In other words, every team can find value in team-building exercise. Objective: Develop listening skills.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2021

That’s where a process called demand planning comes in. What Is Demand Planning? Demand planning is a cross-functional process that businesses use to meet customer demand while avoiding supply chain or inventory management disruptions. Create demand plans and execute them with ease with ProjectManager.— Learn More!

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

When the leadership team defines an organization’s vision, they look toward the future and identify the goals and objectives they want to achieve. This is the start of strategic planning. Once the vision is defined, then the practical work begins, and strategic planning templates can facilitate that work.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

This is called scenario planning. To better position a business to be prepared to respond to the unknown, learn what scenario planning is and what the different types of scenario planning are. What Is Scenario Planning? Scenario planning is different from forecasting. All have advantages and disadvantages.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

Career-limiting because: No one wants to work with the project manager who emails the operational team a closure document and is never seen again. Not talking about problems Surprises are bad. If you don't talk about problems then you risk hitting your manager with bad news. Project sponsors don't like bad news either.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? One of the most valuable resources in a project is the people (developers, engineers, subject matter experts, etc.) One of the most valuable resources in a project is the people (developers, engineers, subject matter experts, etc.)

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Task & Workflow Management: Helps ensure that each team member knows what they need to do and that the work is evenly distributed across the team. Multiple Project Tracking: Enables project managers and teams to monitor the progress and status of several projects at once. These are project portfolio management tools.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 8, 2024

No wonder project teams look for open-source Microsoft Project alternatives. Because Microsoft Project can be such a pain to use, project managers and their teams seek alternatives. The more technical teams, working in IT and other departments, are familiar with open source and the Linux operating system.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 30, 2024

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with multiple project planning and scheduling tools. Projects can be planned on Gantt charts, which organize tasks, resources and costs. Teams can execute work on kanban boards or task lists, while clients can stay informed on progress with the calendar view.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 15, 2020

That’s why a planning meeting in project management is key to kicking off a successful project. If not, well, that’s why meetings get a bad name. The more prepared you are, the more productive the meeting and the more efficient your project planning. What Is the Purpose of a Planning Meeting?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 18, 2021

For any company to profit from a product, there must be a strategic plan in place to produce just enough to meet that need. Aggregate planning is a technique to create an equilibrium between demand and capacity. Let’s take a look at what aggregate production planning is and some aggregate planning strategies.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 15, 2025

Making sure that work is being done as planned and meeting deadlines is how projects stay on schedule. Job tracking software is a tool or system designed to help businesses, teams or individuals monitor, manage and track the progress of tasks, projects or jobs throughout their life cycle. Job tracking software is designed to help.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. Why do you think motivation on project teams is so important? She’s even written the book on it. So how do we do it?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 12, 2024

I like the definition of risk management from the Sixth Edition, which defines it succinctly: Project risk management includes the processes of conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, response planning, response implementation and monitoring risk on a project. link] Why is risk management important?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Managing teams, no matter their size, is an incredibly complex task. It involves knowing each team member’s skills and workloads and creating a plan to make individuals act as cogs in a larger mechanism. This kind of precision demands the best team management software. 2022 Best Team Management Software Rankings.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scheduling tasks to meet deadlines, assign resources and estimate costs are fundamental to the planning phase in project management. Project timeline software is designed to help project managers, teams and stakeholders visually plan, track and manage the project schedule. It also improves team communication.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The quality management plan is part of any successful project. What Is a Quality Management Plan? A quality management plan is the document in which every quality-related point in the project is noted (with detailed criteria) to determine if the project can move forward or not.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

Despite your efforts to clearly define the scope, time and resources necessary to successfully complete the projects, things simply don’t always go according to plan. Maja Mrsic Here are 3 examples of projects that didn’t go to plan. So why do some projects crash to their doom? For example, in June 2010 Chrysler merged with Fiat.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

You’ve heard the phrase, “Always have a Plan B.” ” Well, “Plan B” is just common vernacular for what’s known as a contingency plan. In other words, a contingency plan is put in place in case the primary plan that you’re executing doesn’t unfold as expected.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I worked in the IT team at my old job. We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. I would not have said we had software development as one of our core organizational competencies. We didn’t need it. Leadership.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 3, 2020

Because of this, Systemation became intimately aware of the project managers’ strengths and weaknesses in performance and was able to reflect back on the assessment results and draw specific conclusions. If the score was low, they tended to be seen as emotionally volatile and not safe for their team members to get behind and follow.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

It’s not uncommon for organizations to have more plans than they have funds. A capital improvement plan can guide an organization when it’s trying to figure out which large projects or purchases in which they should invest. But what exactly is a capital improvement plan? What Is a Capital Improvement Plan?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You’ve made the product or developed a great service, now you need to create a marketing plan. Your marketing plan defines the strategies that your organization will use to reach target customers, outperform competitors and position your brand. Basically, it’s taking a marketing plan and executing it.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

We spend countless hours developing strategies to prevent bad outcomes, such as project failures, missed deadlines, and unmet expectations. However, there's another side to the risk coin that is critical in product development: the potential for positive outcomes. What is the tolerance for failure within our organization?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

But we’ll also discuss the cost of good quality vs. the cost of poor quality and show you how to measure COQ. The cost of quality is a method by which an organization calculates how much it will cost to deliver a product or service that meets the quality expectation standard set in the project plan. What Is Cost of Quality (COQ)?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2025

Project Management Challenges: Lack of Project Resources The first thing to do when you notice your resources arent covering what you planned for in your project is to identify the context. Poor Planning: Sometimes its as simple as a lack of planning, which is why planning thoroughly before executing a project is so important.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 21, 2021

From the beginning to the end of a project, the project manager and team must plan, execute, and deliver the required products and services while interacting with stakeholders. Keep your project management teams small. Think about this—there are fifteen communication channels for six team members.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Ultimately, it isn’t the project manager coming up with new requirements and asking the team to “just do it”. What’s so bad about scope creep anyway? It takes its toll on team morale.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

That’s the first step in planning, managing and mitigating risk in your projects. A risk breakdown structure is a tool for managing risks, which are any events that you have not planned for or expected. Either way, project managers have to prepare for risk, either good or bad—it can interfere with project objectives. Management.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 2, 2025

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that can assign tasks to team members with multiple management tools. Plus, teams can execute their tasks with kanban boards and task lists, while clients get an overview of progress on the calendar view. This doesnt mean that the research and analytics are over.

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